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\"Hittin Hello SandTrappers! I am Jeff … umm John … umm Jamieson Wilson or something like that, and welcome to this week’s Hittin’ The Links<\/em>. Today, we take a look backwards to the history of Royal Troon, get into some current rules and PR issues that the USGA is having, and look forward to next week’s British Open.<\/p>\n

All that plus Zach Johnson’s last hurrah with the Claret Jug, shots fired from the International Golf Federation, and Good Guy Paul Goydos taking home a hefty check on the Champions Tour.<\/p>\n

Let’s get into it!
\n
\nHole #1: USGA Back in Hot Water after Nordqvist Ruling<\/strong>
\nDuring the playoff for the U.S. Women’s Open, Anna Nordqvist grounded her club in a bunker, but it took video replay to reveal the rules infraction. The way the USGA alerted the players, however, has caused some controversy. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole #2: Zach Johnson Says Goodbye to Claret Jug<\/strong>
\nZach Johnson, and the rest of the Johnson family, said one last goodbye to the Claret Jug. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole #3: President of International Golf Federation- Wait, There’s an International Golf Federation?<\/strong>
\nApparently there’s an organization that’s been around since the 1950’s responsible for golf in the Olympics. Which just became an Olympic sport in 2016. And now they’re criticizing people. People who are actually good at their jobs. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole #4: USGA President Flub’s Brittany Lang’s Name During Trophy Presentation<\/strong>
\nThat’s USGA president Daphne, err Dolores, err Danielle Marie flubbing yet another trophy presentation. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole #5: Final Olympics Rankings Released<\/strong>
\nThe final rankings for golf in the Olympics were released, barring any further withdrawals. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole #6: Weather Forecast Gloomy for Troon<\/strong>
\nA little story from yesteryear to get you in the mood for the British Open. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole #7: Alex Noren Wins Scottish Open<\/strong>
\nClose behind were former young hotshots Matteo Manassero and Danny Lee. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole #8: Good Guy Paul Goydos Wins Dick’s Sporting Goods Open<\/strong>
\nGood Guy Paul Goydos won the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open on the Champions Tour, holding off Jeff Maggert by two strokes. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole #9: Parings and Tee Times for Open<\/strong>
\nCheck out the final pairings and tee times for the first two rounds, and enjoy the Open! [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We cap off the U.S. Women’s Open, look forward to the British, and check in on the Olympics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hittin_the_links"],"yoast_head":"\nVolume Four Hundred Eighty-Four (Hittin' the Links) - The Sand Trap .com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/hittin_the_links\/volume_four_hundred_eighty-four\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Volume Four Hundred Eighty-Four (Hittin' the Links) - 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